ROANOKE, Va. – We are tracking multiple areas of the country that will likely experience difficulty in holiday travel.
The eastern half of the US will be dealing with a frontal system tracking from west to east throughout the duration of Tuesday. Stop and go traffic is likely to pop up here and there thanks to coming and going showers with some pockets of heavy rain.
Here is a look at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday morning. If you are hitting the road around this time, you will want to pack your patience.
Wednesday’s conditions look much better for a lot of the mid-west and plains. However, the east coast will still be dealing with showers up and down the I-95 corridor.
The skies look good to go for the most part on Wednesday.
A lot of the activity dies down by late afternoon on Wednesday. High pressure slowly creeps east through the end of the week.
Travel on Thanksgiving Day itself won’t be too bad unless you are around the Great Lakes region, or the Pacific Northwest. Lake effect snow is likely along parts of the northeast and Great Lakes region. For the Pacific Northwest, snow showers are likely in high elevations, while rain will encompass much of the state of Washington.
Here is a look at futurecast around 6:00 a.m. Thursday morning.
You may notice the chance for a few mountain snow showers along the Blue Ridge. A light dusting is possible for the highest of elevated areas with snow flurries possibly pushing into the Piedmont for a brief time in the early morning.
Most in the Pacific and Mountain time zone will see warmer than average temperatures for Thanksgiving, while the majority of those in the Central and Eastern time zones will experience colder than normal temperatures.
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